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The latest World Cup<\/a> Daily is up \u2013 get it in your ears.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here are the confirmed last-32 clashes. I\u2019m liking the look of Netherlands-Morocco and Brazil-Japan.<\/p>\n England, as it stands, will face Senegal, who they beat in the last 16 in Qatar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Our US team were busy with your questions on Thursday.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n What are Scotland\u2019s chances of qualifying for the next round? Opta\u2019s supercomputer<\/a> reckons they\u2019ve got a 0.05% shot.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Amid all the joy, there\u2019s the treatment of Iran. They were denied permission to stay in Seattle after their draw against Egypt, reports Ben Fisher.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019ve got to have another look at Cape Verde\u2019s celebrations.<\/p>\n Photograph: Leo Barrilari\/SPP\/Shutterstock Photograph: Maria Lysaker\/IMAGN IMAGES\/Reuters Photograph: Lynn Pennington\/ZUMA Press Wire\/Shutterstock Photograph: Sam Wasson\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n What\u2019s that? You want some #OnThisDay #WorldCup #Content? Well, it\u2019s been eight years since South Korea knocked out Germany, the defending champions, in the group stage.<\/p>\n Jonathan Wilson was there:<\/p>\n double quotation markThis, then, is how the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper. There are certain events so apocalyptic that it feels they cannot just happen. They should be signalled beneath thunderous skies as owls catch falcons and horses turn and eat themselves. At the very least there should be a sense of fury, of thwarted effort, of energies exhausted. And yet Germany went out of the World Cup<\/a> in the first round for the first time in 80 years on a pleasantly sunny afternoon with barely a flicker of resistance. There was no Sturm. There was no Drang.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n So who comes in for Reece James, out of England\u2019s clash with Panama and the last-32 tie, too? Jarell Quansah, Ezri Konsa, Djed Spence and Trevoh Chalobah are all options for Thomas Tuchel to consider.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The views from North America:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Iran have copied Cape Verde with three draws \u2026 but they thought they\u2019d won it against Egypt. Their future at the tournament remains uncertain.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Marcelo Bielsa gives it straight. Uruguay have failed to make it past the group stage for the second World Cup<\/a> in a row.<\/p>\n double quotation markI have not left anything to Uruguayan football. A coach who has been in a country for three years and not got results cannot say he has made a contribution. Fourth place in the qualifiers has no value and nor does third at the Copa Am\u00e9rica and there is no need to even define this performance [at the World Cup]. My time doesn\u2019t say anything.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Even if Panama pull off an all-timer of an upset, England are through. <\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cape Verde\u2019s head coach, Bubista, reflects on his side\u2019s achievement.<\/p>\n double quotation markWe have shown that nothing is impossible. We have represented our country but we also represent Africa and small countries around the world.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n Winning is overrated. Cape Verde have got the love of the neutrals and \u2013 crucially \u2013 a place in the last 32 by drawing all three of their group games. That\u2019s right, the nation with a population of just over 500,000 are through to the knockouts<\/a> with a second-placed finish, a remarkable feat by the debutants. Up next? Leo Messi and his mates. It\u2019s the story of the tournament. We\u2019ll talk about that and all of the other results from last night, and look at what\u2019s to come. It never stops.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n